Bob Meade adds: The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic
River, is the second highest waterfall on the East Coast of the US.

You know you’re from Jersey when . . .

You don’t think of fruit when people mention “The Oranges.”

You know that it’s called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.

A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.

You’ve known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.

You’ve eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M.

You know that the state isn’t one big oil refinery.

At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen,
and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.

You know what a “jug handle” is.

You know that WaWa is a convenience store.

You know that the state isn’t all farmland.

You know that there are no “beaches” in New Jersey–there’s the
shore–and you don’t go “to the shore,” you go “down the shore.” And
when you are there, you’re not “at the shore”; you are “down the
shore.”

You know how to properly negotiate a circle.

You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.

You know that this is the only “New” state that doesn’t require
“New” to identify it (try . . . Mexico . . . York .! . . Hampshire–
doesn’t work, does it?).

You know that a “White Castle” is the name of BOTH a fast food chain
AND a fast food sandwich.

You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege.

You don’t think “What exit?” is very funny.

You know that people from the 609 area code are “a little
different.” Yes they are!

You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton–that’s
for out-of-staters.

The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or localbar

You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.

You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.

Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.

You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening
credits.

You’ve gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.

You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and
people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South

Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.

You weren’t raised in New Jersey–you were raised in either North
Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.

You don’t consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the
state.

You remember the stores Korvette’s, Two Guys, Rickel’s, Channel,
Bamberger’s and Orbach’s.

I remember when I first got stationed in Va I had no clue how to do it I was designated driver and we went to go put some gas in…well I sat for like 5 minutes at the pump before my buddy looked at me and asked what the fuck are you waiting for…I was like the gas station jockey to pump the gas…they just looked at me like I was stupid and said you got to be kidding me right…I was like what :dunno …so they were like you have to pump it yourself…I was like how do you do that…so that was an ongoing joke for a while

I remember when I first got stationed in Va I had no clue how to do it I was designated driver and we went to go put some gas in…well I sat for like 5 minutes at the pump before my buddy looked at me and asked what the fuck are you waiting for…I was like the gas station jockey to pump the gas…they just looked at me like I was stupid and said you got to be kidding me right…I was like what :dunno …so they were like you have to pump it yourself…I was like how do you do that…so that was an ongoing joke for a while

[quote=UncleBacon]I remember when I first got stationed in Va I had no clue how to do it I was designated driver and we went to go put some gas in…well I sat for like 5 minutes at the pump before my buddy looked at me and asked what the fuck are you waiting for…I was like the gas station jockey to pump the gas…they just looked at me like I was stupid and said you got to be kidding me right…I was like what :dunno …so they were like you have to pump it yourself…I was like how do you do that…so that was an ongoing joke for a while

now bacon is a gas pumping machine… he pumped my gas for me in “nomandsland”, md — i woulda been screwed if i had to do it myself- and the co-captain of that trip… well let’s just not go there, i woulda been doomed if i left it up to her